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There have been a number of vampire films based on or inspired by Countess Elizabeth Báthory (1560-1614), a reputed serial killer from the noble family of Báthory, who owned land in the Kingdom of Hungary (now Hungary, Slovakia and Romania).
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- The best vampire movies of all time. Since 1897, when Bram Stoker published Drac ula, the archetypal tale of a Transylvanian count cursed to subsist on human blood in order to be blessed with immortality (and a bunch of nifty party tricks), the Western world has craved stories about the creatures of the night that had long appeared in folklore around the globe.
- The Lost Boys. Released: 1987. Rated: R. Memorable quote: “You’re a creature of the night Michael, just like out of a comic book…. Oh, you wait till Mom finds out, buddy!”
- Near Dark. Released: 1987. Rated: R. Director: Kathryn Bigelow. Like The Lost Boys, which debuted the same year, Near Dark begins when Caleb, a naive young looker (Adrian Pasdar), crosses paths with Mae, a girl he can’t resist despite her problematic circle of friends.
- Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Released: 1992. Rated: R. Memorable quote: “I have crossed oceans of time to find you.” It may be yet another book-to-movie adaptation of the seminal vampire novel, but Francis Ford Coppola’s rendition is far from run-of-the-mill or repetitive.
4 days ago · Blood and Roses (1960) Dracula is by far the most famous vampire in film and letters, but Carmilla is really the one who started it all. The titular character of Sheridan Le Fanu’s gothic ...
2 days ago · Let the Right One In is a Swedish horror film based on the 2004 novel written by John Ajvide Lindqvist and gives an almost romantic, innocent perspective on the usual vampire character. The movie ...
Oct 22, 2024 · 4 of 20. 17. Ganja & Hess (1973) When executives gave director Bill Gunn the financing to make Ganja & Hess, they were expecting a Blaxploitation vampire flick in the Blacula mould. Instead, they ...
Sep 5, 2023 · The 32 best vampire movies. From the campy ghouls of Monster Squad to the blood-soaked chaos of From Dusk Till Dawn, here are EW's picks for the most essential vampire films.
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Oct 25, 2021 · Rather than tell you what a great vampire movie looks like, we’ll just show you. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos by Sony Pictures, Criterion, Netflix and ITV. It’s October, and for Vulture ...
